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WiLLiAM s. Woo'roN, vor RICHMOND, INDIANA, AssieNoR To HIM- SELF AND JOHN F. PIEHL, or SAME PLACE` Letters Patent No. 87,386, dated Mah-ch 2, 1869.

SCHOOL-DESK AND SEAT.

'To all wlwm it nza/y coneem:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM S. Wol) mond,.in'the county of Wayne, and State ndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in School-Desks; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference hi'hg f Riehhad to the accompanying drawings,A makin; o. pair'ltiof this specification.

My invention is designed espedially asasa improvement on. my sehool-desk, patentedg November 10, 1868, and consists inseparately pivoting;` the desk proper and seat upon the standards, in such-a manner that they maybe folded together, or eitherlmay be made to assume an upright position Vindependently of the other; yet, when both "aref brought to their proper position; the movable parts are so adjusted and wedged together, as to become entirely noiseless and permanent.V

To enableothers skilled in the art to make and use my inventionflwill proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings, in whiehl A Figure 1l is perspective lview of my improved desk.

.Figure `2` is avertical erossqsection of the same, representinglt-he deskand seatln their properV position, with dotted` lines showing the same when slightly revolved.`

Figure is also a vertical 'cross-section, representing the, desk inan upright position, with dottediines show- 4.in the seatwlien` folded with the-desk.

igure 4 is aplan view of one of the extremities of the lconnecting#brace G. A The deskA is pivoted at ad' to the standards C and D.

The end-,pie

ces, E E', of saiddesk, are of east-iron,

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`Ther seat fB is pivoted tothe standards, at e', they cast-iron end-pieces of said seat having extensions U U', so adjusted as to wedge closely under the lugs b b' of the desk, thereby holding themiirmly in place, and' securing in a great degree all the advantages of a permanent desk, while, by slightly raising the seat B,A as at B', iig. 2, 'theextensions UU are thrown hack, and the lugs b b released, when the desk may be revolved into an upright position, as shown in iig'. 3.

When Ain this latter position, the broad top of the desk forms a very comfortable backffor the seat, its inclination being adjustable to the| pressure exerted upon it, by reason of its turning freely upon the pivotsa a.

As will appear from the foregoingdeseriptiori, the

seat-is at any timefree to be folded or revolved into an pattern, and is dividedl at either end, so as tohave two somewhat widely-separated points of connection with each standard. ,Y

The extremities of said brace being notched, as shown in g. 4', are passed through holes I I in the standards, when the neck formed by the notches is allowed to drop into thejvert-ical slot forming the lower part -of said holes, thereby locking the parts rmly together. A

Having thus fully described my said invention, WhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- The combination of the deskAandfseat B, pivoted in the-manner described, and provided with lugs b b' and extensions U U', operating together, to lock the desk, when the same lis brought to itspproper position,

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4substantially as described.

l Witnesses: l

ARTEMAs Ronnsrs, WM. H. BRADBUBY. 

